BSI - Healthy Turkey & Spinach Meatloaf

This week I was introduced to a little contest called Blogger Secret Ingredient over at Debbi Does Dinner. She picks an ingredient (ground turkey) and bloggers can enter their recipes for the contest. Here are the rules for BSI if you're interested.

Anyway, lucky for me, we eat a lot of ground turkey in our house because I don't eat red meat. I pulled out this yummy recipe from last summer to enter...and now I'm remembering that I need to make it again because it was SO good!

Lowfat Spinach & Cheese Meatloaf

Meat mixture:
3 slices bread, crust removed
1/2 c. milk
1 lb. ground chicken
1 tbsp. Dijon mustard
1 egg white
1 tsp. oregano
Fresh ground pepper

Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil. Spray the foil with cooking spray.

Tear bread into 1 inch pieces. Put in a bowl, pour in the milk and mash the bread with a fork until all the milk is absorbed.

In another bowl, mix the chicken, mustard, egg white, oregano and pepper.

Add in the bread mixture and mix well, until creamy.

Press the meat mixture onto the baking sheet so that it covers 1/2 the baking sheet.

Place in the refrigerator for at least one hour (up to three hours).

Filling:
1 10 oz. package of frozen spinach
3 green onions, chopped (green part only)
1 egg white
Fresh ground pepper
1 tbsp. olive oil
Parmesan cheese, grated, about 1/3 cup

Thaw and drain spinach. Press out all the water.

Heat olive oil in a skillet. Add the spinach and onion and cook until mixture is somewhat dry and the onions begin to wilt, about 5-6 minutes.

Remove from heat and allow to cool. Mix in egg white and season with lots of pepper.

Preheat oven to 350.

Remove baking sheet from fridge and spread the spinach mixture over the meat, leaving 1 inch border all the way around.

Sprinkle the cheese over the top.

Starting at the end closest to you, use the foil to lift the meat and roll jelly roll style, pushing forward a little bit at a time.

Bake at 350 for about an hour.

Serve with tomato sauce. We also made some mashed potatoes and gravy to go with it and it worked perfectly together.

Also, I want to say Happy Anniversary to Hubby! We've been married for 3 years today! Love you!

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